"Old yanushi, are you going to Lithuania in this suit?"
In front of the carriage parked in yanushi residence, Cherchen asked yanushi kishka carefully.
Today is the day when the party left Lvov for Werner. Chechen, Pedro and other members of the mercenary corps had already changed into ordinary business travelers'' clothes. In order to hide people''s eyes and ears, Chechen even bought two freight carriages filled with Lvov''s special iron tools and dyes.
Crossing enemy occupied areas is a dangerous thing. You can''t expect that any omission of yourself or one of your companions will be seen by a fine guard post, so you can only be careful.
But yanush seems to have no such consciousness at all. He wore a noble hat inlaid with a certain ruby, his Kaftan coat was also covered with gold and silver thread, and he also wore three or four medals in large and small on his chest, which made people see that he was a big man at a glance.
Mitzkevich, who accompanied him, was also wearing a Cossack''s standard chain armour coat.
Among the three, only Natalie''s civilian dress barely met Chechen''s requirements.
"Why? Isn''t that ok? I''m the imperial envoy sent by his majesty to Lithuania. Of course, I have to look like an imperial envoy. And I received the news that because of the surging of the rebel army, the Swedish soldiers in those small strongholds have long retreated into the big city and dare not move." yanush glared at Cherchen. He is not happy to see how Chechen feels now. He doesn''t even want to show his kung fu.
Yes, yanush is deliberately looking for trouble. The old man didn''t expect that the king and queen would send this guy named Chechen as their escort. In his mind, King kazimiz may not see his dislike for Cherchen, and queen Ludvika of Koran will not guess. But the queen still chose Chechen and his mercenary regiment with only a few people as her escort, which only shows that the queen obviously favors her daughter and this one named aleval Chechen. What makes yanushi more upset is that Natalie, as the Queen''s Messenger, is also going to Lithuania.
These two things made dejanush happy and angry. After knowing the news, the old man didn''t sleep well all night. But your life is hard to disobey. Even if ten thousand old adults don''t want to, he still has to accept the fact that the bastard who cheated his daughter''s heart is his own escort.
"Your Excellency, you are indeed an imperial envoy, but we are about to pass through the area occupied by the Swedes. There are Swedish soldiers stationed in the villages and towns there and Swedish patrols on the road. If you walk on the road in this suit, I can guarantee that the Swedes will be happy to send you to Warsaw." Cherchen said humbly.
Hearing the slightly offensive words of Che Chen, old yanushi''s eyebrows stood up even worse.
"Father."
When yanush was about to attack, Natalie whispered, "Cherchen, what he said is reasonable. I have gone through that journey. Some small towns do not have Swedes, but there are still patrols composed of Swedish dragon cavalry and gun cavalry on the road from time to time. You can hide your clothes in the carriage, stare at Lithuania and put them on." Natalie also advised her father.
With that, Natalie turned to take a look at Chechen, smiled with love and said, "Chechen, my father and I please you."
Of course, janush also knew that his daughter was right. But it''s more painful for the old man to admit his mistake in front of Chechen than to kill him. What''s more, Natalie''s eyes at Chechen hurt janush''s heart. The old man "thumped" into the carriage, and then closed the door with force.
Natalie had no alternative to her father''s stubbornness. She also said to mitskovich, "mitskovich, you can change your clothes. Just wear the leather inlaid vertical stripe aristocratic long clothes. Many nobles and businessmen wear self-defense, which will not be as conspicuous as the chain coat of armored Cossacks."
"Yes, miss."
Mitzkevich immediately obeyed Natalie''s words. He was forced to wear like this by yanush. Now the lady spoke and went back to the room to change clothes.
Seeing her father enter the door and mitzkevich go back to the room, Natalie kissed Cherchen in full view of the mercenary group.
The ambiguous faces of yelishei and Pedro.
Ingrid and fedot were full of joy.
Valvara and salben looked at each other.
Fatima''s anger flashed by.
"Don''t be angry with my father," Natalie said to Chechen. This kiss can be regarded as Natalie''s compensation to Cherchen for her rudeness to her father.
"No, of course not."
Chechen blankly stroked the place Natalie kissed with his fingers, which seemed to have the residual temperature of Natalie''s lips.
Natalie smiled. She let go of Chechen and got on the carriage.
Chechen got on his horse. Pedro went to his nephew with an ambiguous smile on his face.
The ambiguous look on this face is not embarrassing. Just as it happened, mitzkevich changed his clothes and came out. Che Chen hurried to the front of the carriage and waved his whip in the direction of the city gate: "let''s go."
Since yanush did not ask how long to arrive in Lithuania, Cherchen''s team walked slowly.
It is March now, and the winter snow begins to melt. The originally frozen road was full of mud, which also added a lot of trouble to this journey.
Every village and town, Cherchen will stop here for a while. Like a real caravan, he would sell the goods on two freight wagons in the town square and the center of the village. This makes yanushi somewhat dissatisfied. Although there are still several months before the date of the counter offensive set by the king and the marshal, the time is more than enough, but according to his own intention, the sooner he gets to Lithuania, the better. But this Cherchen really regarded himself as a businessman and started business all the way.
But yanushi made up his mind. If it wasn''t urgent, he wouldn''t talk to Chechen, so even if he waited hard, yanushi endured it in the carriage.
Yanush didn''t ask, but Natalie was curious. Once again, Natalie asked about lechechen''s intention, and lechechen said: "Since we pretend to be all caravans, we need to look like caravans. When my uncle and I used to guard a caravan to Smolensk, the leader of the caravan would trade some of the goods of the caravan with the villagers whenever we passed through a village, and then exchange them for animal skins, linen and other goods. Only in this way can we look like a caravan. If we were in a hurry If you go all the way in a hurry, it will easily attract the attention of those who want to. "
Natalie was deeply impressed by what Chechen said. She realized once again the gap between her noble lady and Chechen in life experience.
Sure enough, Chechen''s business didn''t arouse anyone''s doubt. Some kind-hearted village heads also wrote to Chechen to take them to relatives working for Swedes at the checkpoint of the village after buying high-quality and cheap goods.
On this day, they were stopped by a Swedish patrol.
"Hi, you. What about you. Stop at once to be searched by our captain Carlson." a Swedish dragon cavalry in red ordered Cherchen.